Effective way to check parked domains?

Question

I am writing a script that checks if a given domain is parked or not. so far i have this solution:

• add a couple of characters at the end of the URL.
• if the URL redirects to another page and
  • returns 302 http status status, then it is parked.
  • It returns not 302, but a regular domain.
• but some normal areas also return 302.

therefore any suggestions are welcome.

Answer 1

It's not so easy. The answer 302 simply means that the content is temporarily in a different place. This can happen on a regular website, and this does not always happen on a parked website.

I worked in an ISP with over 20,000 parked domains, and we did not use 302 on any of them.

I don’t think you will find a 100% solution for this. Even if you checked the page for phrases such as “Buy this domain” and “This domain can be sold”, you won’t know for sure.